Door frame trim assembly



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JOSEPH JYA wv/v United States Patent DOOR FRAME ASSEMBLY Joseph Sylvan, Berkley, Mich.

Application September '12, 1952 .Serial No. 309,246 3 Claims. .(Cl. 189-..46)

This invention relates to the assembly for a door frame.

It is particularly designed as a trim assembly for a metal covered door and comprises an assembly formed preferably of strips of sheet metal so shaped and cooperatively associated together as to present an attractive appearance and form a close fitting seal about the margin of the door. The assembly is also so constituted that those portions which are directly opposed to the edge of the door are adjustable toward and away from the door to accommodate door frames varying somewhat in size to a door.

The assembly of this invention has been particularly designed for use with the door shown in my Patent No. 2,582,467 dated January 15, 1952, which is a metal clad door. The trim assembly is adapted to be readily adjusted to fit and attach to a door frame. It is so constructed that the securing means in the form of nails or the like which are used to attach it to the door frame are completely covered by other cooperating parts of the assembly. It is so constructed that it would not require skilled labor to secure it to a frame but it may be attached thereto by an ordinary workman.

Other jec s. d anta es an meritori atures o th i on wi more fully app ar f o fol owing specification, a p nded claim and accomp ying dra ings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a door frame provided with the trim assembly of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective of a fragment of an upper corner of a door frame showing the frame in dotted outline and showing a fragment of the header portion of the trim assembly in perspective;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 showing the header in section and a portion of the jamb in elevation;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6--6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view taken through one of the door jambs on the line 77 of Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 1 through the hinge point of a door jamb.

In the drawings the door frame is shown as comprising a header portion 10 and two opposed jamb portions 12. These elements are associated together in the usual manner to provide a door opening. The door indicated generally by the numeral 14 is shown in certain of the figures such as Fig. 1 as disposed within the door opening. This may be a metal clad door such as illustrated in my patent hereinabove referred to or it may be any other type of door found desirable and suitable for use.

The trim assembly for the door frame is formed of two cooperating linearly extending strips. These strips are commonly formed of sheet metal such as aluminum,

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stainless steel or the like, bent into the configurations illustrated. These two strips are cooperatively associated tggether. One strip is generally L-shaped in cross section. It is this strip which is permanently secured to the door frame. The other strip is generally T-shaped in cross section. It is this strip which is cooperatively adjustably associated with the L strip.

The strip which is L-shaped in cross section has a long leg portion 16 which is adapted to overlie the face of the door frame and is herein referred to as the face plate portion. It has a short leg portion 18 which is adapted to overlie the jamb face of the door frame and is herein referred to as the jamb leg portion. This L-shaped strip is divided into a header section and a plurality of jamb sections. This L strip is secured to the door frame by screws, nails or the like, indicated as 20-and which extend through the jamb leg of the strip and into the door frame. The outer face plate leg portion 16 is folded over upon itself as at 18 forming an outer flange part. This flange portion 18' is tensioned yieldingly toward the main body of the leg 16. These two parts 16 and 18 form what might be termed a channel with the parts 16 and 18 being the side walls of the channel and with these side walls tensioned yieldingly toward each other.

As shown in the figures of the drawing this flange portion 18' is shaped to exhibit a molding or bead-like configuration 22 which extends lengthwise of the strip between the two margins of the flange part 18.. This is shown clearly in the header portion illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 as well as in the jamb portions illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8. The same numerals are applied to the jamb portions of the strip as to the header section. The sections are of similar design. The short leg 18 of the L-shaped strip has its margin bent out of the plane of the leg and normal thereto and folded over upon itself forming a stop flange 19. This stop flange is adapted to form the inner stop for the door 14 as shown in Fig. 3.

Cooperatively associated with the L-shaped, Section is what is termed a strip generally T-shaped in cross section. This T-shaped strip has an upright portion 24 and a head portion 26. This head portion 26 is folded over upon itself as illustrated particularly in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 which illustrate the header and in Fig. 7 which illustrates the jamb. The folded-over portion is indicated by the numeral 28. It will be noted that portion 28 projects beyond the opposite side of the upright leg 24 as a single thickness piece approximately the same width as the double thickness part of the head extends beyond its side of the leg. This single thickness part of the head overlaps the short leg 18 of the L-shaped strip as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. The double thickness part of the head projects outwardly substantially within the plane of the single thickness part of the head and the short leg 18 of the L strip and forms an exterior projection outwardly beyond the door frame over the upper edge of the door as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

The upright portion 24 of this T-shaped strip is resistingly received within the channel formed between the parts 16 and 18' of the L-shaped strip. It is grippingly engaged by these side wall parts 16 and 18' so as to be held at any position to which it may be adjusted there-. between whereby the T-shaped strip may be moved in or out with respect to the door frame so asto close any gap existing between the edge of the door and the frame. It is understood that the L-shaped header section and the L-shaped jamb sections are secured to the header and the jambs respectively of the door frame.

It is also understood that the T-shaped strip is likewise provided in header section and jamb sections adapted to cooperate with the header section and jamb sections of the L strip. The T strip is held in place solely by the engagement of the upright portion 24 of the T within the folded over outer face plate leg portion of the L section.

The T section which is received over the jamb face which carries the door hinges is here shown as separated into three pieces. In Fig. 2 two hinges are shown as securing the door within the door opening. Each of these hinges has one leaf 30 which is secured to the jambelement of the door frame by screws 32 over the jamb face leg 18 of the L strip. The three pieces of the T strip which are secured to this jamb face of the door frame are provided in an upper piece U, an intermediate piece I and a lower piece L. These separate pieces may be so adjustably fitted as to make up for the thickness of the hinge leaf 30 which overlies the short leg 18 of the L piece.

What I claim is:

l. A trim assembly for a door frame comprising two cooperating linearly extending lightweight sheet metal strips, one strip being generally L-shaped in cross section, the other strip being generally T-shaped in cross section, the L-shaped strip having a jamb leg portion and an outer face plate leg portion, the jamb leg portion adapted to overlie the jamb face of the door frame and be secured thereto and having its margin bent outwardly normal to the plane of the leg and in the opposite direction from the outer face plate leg portion providing a stop flange, said stop flange being doubled back upon itself, the outer face plate leg portion being folded over outwardly upon itself for substantially the full width of the leg forming a flange tensioned yieldingly toward the leg, said flange being shaped to provide an outwardly projecting bead extending lengthwise thereof and spaced between the two linear margins of the flange, the upright leg of the T-shaped strip being adjustably received within the fold of the outer face plate leg portion of the L strip and grippingly held therein by the folded over flange thereof, the head of the T-shaped strip being folded over upon itself with one half of said head being of a double thickness and the other half of said head being of a single thickness, said T-shaped member being so received within the fold of the L-shaped member that the single thickness half of the head overlies the jamb face leg of the L strip and is normally disposed spaced therefrom but resistingly yieldable theretoward and the double thickness half of the head projects away from the L strip parallel to and slightly offset the plane of the jamb face portion thereof.

and two jambs, a trim assembly comprising two cooperating linearly extending strips, one strip being generally T-shaped in cross section, the other strip being generally L-shaped in cross section, the L-shaped strip having a short leg adapted to overlie the jamb face of the frame and a long leg adapted to overlie the outer face of the frame, said long leg being folded over upon itself and tensioned together forming a channel the side Walls of which are tensioned yieldingly toward each other, means extending through the short leg of the L-shaped strip and into the jamb face of the frame to secure the L- shaped strip thereto the T-shaped strip having its upright strip and grippingly hold therein by the folded over the L strip and with the head of the T-shaped strip having one portion which overlaps the short leg of the L- shaped strip and overlies the said means and having another portion which projects outwardly away from the L- shaped strip substantially within the 'plane of the short leg thereof.v i

3. A trim assembly for a doorframe comprising. two cooperating linearly extendinglstrips adapted to be secured to theheader and eachof the two jambs of the frame, one strip being a. generally L-shaped strip having one leg adapted to overlie the outer face of the frame and another leg adapted to overlie the jamb face of the frame, securing means adapted to extend through the last mentioned leg and into the door frame, said leg which is adapted to overlie the outer face of the frame being folded over upon itself forming a channel the side walls of which are tensioned yieldingly toward each other, the other strip being an angular strip having one leg adapted to be received within said channel and held grippingly between the side walls thereof. at adjusted positions therein and the other leg being adapted to overlie and cover that leg of the L strip which is secured to the door frame and overlie and cover said securing means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,435,008 Kaufman Ian.-27, 1948 2,477,942 Renton -s- Aug. 2, 1949 2,589,685. Edwards, Jr. Mar. 18, 1952 

